Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Our weekend

Over the last week or so, we had the siding on the house replaced.  Then we had the house repainted.  It is now a gray that we are really happy with, and thank goodness for that as Ari hated the first color, and we had to change it. (Please excuse the tools...)  We are also going to FINALLY get the blue windows fixed this week.  Ari is also working on redesigning our landscaping.  We are apparently having a full on couples "nesting" before this baby.

 I got to pick the door color! This is Deep Sea Diver, and I love it.  I think teal is our family color of the moment. 

 Over the weekend, we went to see Beauty and Beast at the Winspear thanks to Ari's generous boss.  Here are the boys and I on the way out. 

They did pretty well considering what wiggly people they are.  They were at least quiet.  Zev's favorite part was, of course, when the beast turned into a human. Tahl wasn't sure about his favorite part. 

Our selfies always turn out better than when someone else tries to take our picture. 

A month or so ago, Ari and Zev planted this peach tree.  It is now growing one peach, and Zev is so excited. 

He needed me to take his picture with the peach.  It is still green so it blends in pretty well. 

Zev drew this for Tahl this weekend because Tahl loves cats.  I took a picture of it because I think the excessive amount of whiskers and the hair make it look like Hitler the cat. 

On a sweeter note, Zev's teacher showed me his journal at his conference, and this was in it. I thought it was too sweet. It says "I luv Uncl Own," which translates to "I love Uncle Oren."  I especially love the hearts. 




Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Passover

The boys had two days off at the beginning of passover and two days off at the end.  We spent the first day taking Tahl to his three year old appointment. We found out that he is 34.4 pounds and 38.5 inches tall.  In comparison, at this age, Zev weighed 34.6 pounds and was 37.25 inches tall.  I knew Tahl was taller than Zev because of the way our little boy clothes are handing down, but I didn't know it was over an inch. 

The second day we went to the Children's garden at the arboretum.  It was a little chilly at first, but that meant we got the place all to ourselves. 

Look at my little frogs! Leap frog has been a big game at school over Passover. 

Zev and Tahl made me a salad. 



Here is Zev poking out of a log! 



Zev wanted his picture made in front of the azaleas.  

He also wanted one behind his ear.  Doesn't he look nice? 

Chad's mother sent us this picture from our Passover seder at her house! Look how cute my boys are! 

Tahl got a new present in the mail for his birthday from GG and Grandpa.  

Batman loves his gears! 

Captain America thought they were pretty great too. 



Last, but not least, here is Mr. T making matzah balls at school. 

He said he liked the matzah ball, but not the soup. 

At least he liked his matzah pbj! 




Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter!

We had a fun Easter trip.  Here are a few pictures. 

Tahl's first s'more.




 Zev told me this was his second because he had one at school already. 

 Doing a little fishing

Playing at the park


 A visit from the Easter Bunny! 






Brotherly love


 Isn't this a great picture?







Tuesday, April 15, 2014

seder

The boys did even more work at school getting ready for the school wide seder.  Here is Tahl painting. 


Zev got to make his own recipe for charoset. 



I do not think he liked it. 


Here he is recording his findings. 

He talked to his classmates and teachers about their creations, and then he got to try again.  

He told me the second one he made was good. 

This is Zev's class's seder "table." 

They did a full school "seder" instead of by class this year. 

Ari even got to come! 

Tahl and I started off with his class. 

He got to wear a birthday crown since it was the day before his birthday. 

He went up front for the whole school to sing to him, but I don't have any pictures because he did not like it. 

Who would think this guy gets shy in large crowds?  

Surprise face!


Halfway through the seder, Tahl and I moved over to finish with Zev and dad. 
This was a neat new tradition at the school.  The guys have been really looking forward to Passover this year. We will keep you updated on the number of fits that a "broken matzah" causes in our house this year...